The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-10-20
This ouestion rather sta,tlea .,n.

This question rather startled ann.
"An eddycashun, child2" he replied, not
very briskly, why an eddycashun learns
you how to sail boats without knowin' any
thin about 'em, how TO invent new ma
chimes for to catch fish with, and-well, how
to play onto the pianny an paint picters-
that's what an eddycashun is."
II would like to play on the pianny," said
Esther.
"Eddycashun is great thing" continued
Reuben; $50 your Aunt Hepsy has about con-
cluded that she-we-well, she's made up
her mind that I must send you away to
school,"
"Where2''
ITO the seminary the minister told Us
about"
''Was you ever there, fatherf"
"Lor' no." said Reuben; linen don't go to
seminaries; seminaries is for women folks !"
"But men have to have eddycashuns, don't
theyr she asked. you've got an eddy
cashun, haint you, fatherr'
"Oh, yes; I've got an eddycashun," he
answered. II hain't got 30 much a. some
men has, but can read an write an fgger,
and can catch more fish at low tide than
any two men that sails these watersl'''
As Reuben had said, it was Aunt Hepsy's.
notion-this sending Esther away to school.
The child was coming on in years; before
long she would be woman. Reuben could
afford 1.-THE had several thousand dollars in
the bank at Gosport-and Aunt Hepsy in
sisted that it was his duty to give the girl
liberal education. The minister thought 30,
too, and so did the minister's wife; 1t was not
for Reuben to set himself up against these
three. He faltered and wavered and gave
way-and his heart Ached. r's - =
Caleb Dickinson said that It was an out
rage. He was Reuben's lifelong friend; q
fisherman, too. Helived in his boat-house,
and every day in season Reuben and he went
fishing together. Caleb was an individual
whom Aunt Hepsy could not abide; her alb
horrence of the gentleman had been intensi-
fled by four proposals of marriage which, at
different times within q dozen years, Caleb
had made whilst slightly under the influence
Of rum and molasses. 1t was Aunt Hepsys
positive conviction that Caleb Dickinson was
the most awful man on earth, and she took
pains to allude to him in company a. "my
brother Reuben's bad habit"
"This idea of sendin' the gal away to
female cemetery" said Caleb, "is jest like
woman. Wimmin folks has got curious
notions. The gal can read an write an fig
ger; what more does she want If she can
keep house an cook meal of vittles3 What
more did your mother know, or mine, or
their gran mothers afore em ? jest tell you,
Reuben, there's no sech thing as improvin'
on our mothers an gran 'mothers-it can't be
didp'
II don't know as it can," said Reu-
ben, "but don't suppose we look at the
thing in jest the right light
"Waal, now, jest bring the case right hum"
said Caleb. Take you an me-what good
would it do us to go to cemetery? Would we
ketch any more fish2 Would we know any
more about where the cod lay an where the
blue fish schoolp Would all the pianny
playin' an foreign lingo teachin' bring us
better luck by day or sounder sleep by night?
OF course not, and it's the same with gals a.
it is with boys. That gal is yours, Reuben
she's all you've got, and you hain't no right
to let her drift away from your
1t is easy to imagine how hard Q time
Did Reuben Atwood had Of it that summer;
and evening, Aunt Hepsy lectured
him about his duty, and all day long Caleb
Dickinson discoursed vehemently contra
wise. But Esther was sent away to school.
The Gasport stage cracked through the sands
one morning, little hair trunk was tossed